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1. API Description

Domain name for API request: cvm.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to restart instances.

• You can only perform this operation on instances whose status is RUNNING.
• If the API is called successfully, the instance status will become REBOOTING. After the instance is restarted, its status will become RUNNING again.
• Forced restart is supported. A forced restart is similar to switching off the power of a physical computer and starting it again. It may cause data loss or file system corruption. Be sure to only force start a CVM when it cannot be restarted normally.
• Batch operations are supported. The maximum number of instances in each request is 100.

A maximum of 10 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

3. Output Parameters

4. Example

Example1 Restarting instances

This example shows you how to restart two instances.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: cvm.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: RebootInstances
<Common request parameters>

{
    "StopType": "SOFT",
    "InstanceIds": [
        "ins-5d8a23rs",
        "ins-r8hr2upy"
    ]
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "RequestId": "6ef60bec-0242-43af-bb20-270359fb54a7"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Python
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Java
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for PHP
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Go
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Node.js
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for .NET
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for C++

Command Line Interface

• Tencent Cloud CLI 3.0

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.